Bright but frosty with overnight ice on ponds and puddles. Bristol temperatures 1-6°C
Bewick's Swan
Green-winged Teal, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Firecrest
Black Redstart
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| 28-11-21 Bewick's Swans, Moreton Hide, CVL (Dave Hughes) |
BRISTOL
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| 28-11-21 Location of Coombe Farm, Blaise Estate, Bristol (Ian Dickie) |
2+ Firecrest on south side of Blaise Estate. 1 on road to Combe Farm in holly by repaired river bank, 0830. Then 2 along path by stone wall at west end of Combe Farm, 0930
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 28-11-21 Redwing, OPS (Heather England) |
Oldbury Power Station:
14 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 3 Oystercatcher, 18 Curlew, 9 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 5 Bullfinch
Yate:
Brimsham Park Lake - 5 x Goosander (not landing), 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 4 Fieldfare.Kingsgate Park - 11 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan (2 ad, 6 cygnets), 1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Dabchick, 2 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Yeo:
Dowlais - Redwing plus 2 Hares and 2 Roe Deer
Clevedon - Yeo:
Dowlais - Redwing plus 2 Hares and 2 Roe Deer
Nailsea Moor:
14 Reed Bunting together in one bush
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| 28-11-21 Black Redstart, Kenn (John Croxton) |
Duck Lane garden - 1 m Black Redstart ( 3rd day)
Kenn Pier - 3 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 2 Little Egret
Kingston Seymour:
Junction of Ham + Broadstone Lanes - 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Raven, winter thrushes.
Blind Yeo - 3 Goosander (two males), 1 Common Sandpiper
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
Willsbridge Mill - 1 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 3 Robin, 3 Dipper, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch
Newton St Loe:
46 species in total, including - 3 Teal, 3 Stock Dove,1 Little Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 35+ Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 30 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer
Willsbridge Mill - 1 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 3 Robin, 3 Dipper, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch
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| 28-11-21 Woodpigeon and Blackbird, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding) |
Newton St Loe:
46 species in total, including - 3 Teal, 3 Stock Dove,1 Little Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 35+ Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 30 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer
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| 28-11-21 dredging in progress at Newton Park Lake (NSL Birding) [Lake is currently shut, but they look to be taking out around 3 metres of silt, which should improve the number of species] |
Chew Valley Lake
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| 28-11-21 Green-winged Teal and Long-tailed Duck, CVL (John Osbiorne) |
1 m Long-tailed Duck still, 1 Common Sandpiper
Villice:
1 Water Rail, 1Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk
Moreton:
5 Bewick's Swan* (4 ad, 1 juv), 1Water Rail,1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
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| 28-11-21 Bewick's Swan, Stratford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
2 Bewick's Swan*, 2 Snipe, 1 Peregrine
2 Bewick's Swan*
* Same birds involved?
Herriott's Pool:
Herriott's Pool:
1 Green-winged Teal still, 18 Black-tailed Godwit
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| 28-11-21 Grey Heron, Stratford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) [Can anyone suggest what is attached to it? The photographer wonders if it is a stick or piece of wire. Thankfully, the bird seems healthy enough] |
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Ben Crabb, John Croxton, Ian Dickie, Heather England, Dave Hughes, Nigel Kempson, John Osborne, Howard Taffs, Martin Wightman, nslbirding,
